From Larry Sultan's Pictures From Home

aesthetic for @cassiopeia721

old maps pinned to your walls

flipping through a history book, piecing the past together bit by bit

ivy covered walls

books on world affairs and political science piling up on your desk

crumbling stone illuminated by flickering candlelight

using history to inform your opinions on current events

the rich green of early summer

taking time to yourself to gather your thoughts

a notebook and pen in your bag at all times

rushed handwriting, legible only to you

the moment of clarity when inspiration strikes

reading the news while a cup of tea steeps nearby

practicing martial arts, paying attention to the movement of your body

dark colors, an air of mystery

reading under your favorite tree

a love of people, of the vibrant lives lived by everyone around you

learning about niche historical figures

growing plants on your windowsill

a desire to understand the world you live in

saving photos of the places you want to travel someday

studying the past to learn the origins of the present

fuck you, my child is completely fine!

your child romanticises the idea of running far away and completely changing their personality, looks & soul as a way of coping with having no control over their life & being generally dissatisfied with who they have become

And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.

Edgar Allan Poe, Romance 1831

Summer academia things

So, now that it is getting warmer in my aee, I thought it would be a good time to upload a list with summeracademia things.

going to a park with your friend and drink wine whilest reading

wearing butondown shirts and cargo shorts

going to lake and draw the people and animals

visit a museum ( some have airconditioning)

watching the sunset and the stars

staying up all night and have dabets with your friends while sitting outside

visiting a new town

DO NOT commit murder, there is no snow to cover up the victim

Fall is getting nearer and nearer which means it’s almost socially acceptable to watch over the garden wall and obsess over it again

how to fall in love with life again

go cloud-gazing, lay down in the grass on a sunny day, or empty roads on a rainy day, stare up at the sky and let your mind wander.

read a book so complex that you don't understand anything, fill your arms with scrawled definitions.

writing poems and notes of kindness, hiding them for other people to find and pass along!

read passages of love in another language, untranslated and realise that love can surpass even the greatest of barriers.

find your favourite flower! hunt for it, research it, write an essay on why you love it and how much it means to you!

buy another copy of your favourite book, fill the pages with annotations and give it to a second hand shop for somebody else to experience it the way that you do.

fill a journal with moments of your life, even if you don't think they're very interesting.

listen to music whilst looking at the moon and stars, realising how beautiful life is.

visit an art gallery or a museum near you. become familiar with it, visit it until you know it inside out. make it your special place.

learn the little things about people, including yourself. find their favourite colour and why, find their music taste, their taste in books until you know them perfectly.

the small things! taking sips of warm beverages becomes the most comforting thing, closing your eyes for a moment on a bus and focusing on the lull of movement.

bake/cook your favourite treat. experiment and find the way that makes it taste simply ethereal.

Design study for a chapel interior, Italy

Come, wayward souls And wander through the darkness There is a light, for the lost and the meek Sorrow and fear are easily forgotten When you submit to the soil of the earth

Grow, tiny seed You are called to the trees Rise till your leaves fill the sky Until your sighs fill the air in the night Lift your mighty limbs And give praise to the fire

OVER THE GARDEN WALL (2014)

Old scketches